WSR 22-12-023
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
[Filed May 23, 2022, 4:30 p.m., effective July 1, 2022]
Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2022.
Purpose: The department is amending WAC 388-478-0015 Need standards for cash assistance. SHB 1151 (chapter 9, Laws of 2021) requires the department to update standards of need using an existing, broadly-used national standard. Amendments reflect this required update using the University of Washington Center for Women's Welfare Self-Sufficiency Standard.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-478-0015.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 22-08-091 on April 5, 2022.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: May 23, 2022.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
SHS-4919.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 21-23-102, filed 11/17/21, effective 1/1/22)
WAC 388-478-0015Need standards for cash assistance.
The monthly need and payment standards for cash assistance are based on a determination of the assistance unit size. The need standards for cash assistance units are:
Assistance unit size | Need standard |
1 | $((1,631))2,998 | |
2 | ((2,064))4,883 | |
3 | ((2,548))5,893 | |
4 | ((3,007))7,786 | |
5 | ((3,465))9,144 | |
6 | ((3,924))10,706 | |
7 | ((4,535))12,137 | |
8 | ((5,020))13,553 | |
9 | ((5,504))15,220 | |
10 or more | ((5,988))17,793 | |